The Official Zone Severe Weather Thread

[WestTennesseeFox]

It got down to 57 in the house after no power for 3 hours.

 

[hmanvolfan]

Now we’re getting broken water mains on top of rolling blackouts. Welcome to Flint MI.

 

[VolNExile]

I'm not. I honestly don't know and I'm hearing it's on purpose.

Oh. I imagine it’s the usual - reducing the load on local utilities? I don’t know if this happens in Florida, but I’ve heard of it also happening in the hellish Midwest in high summer, when temps go over 100°. And electricity used to be traded around different regions according to demand, so maybe that’s happening too.

Our gas bill for last month was pretty dang brisk. Can’t wait for the next one. (we have gas for heat, hot water, range, and clothes dryer, so relatively low electricity usage)

 

[Behr]

Never heard of it.

 

[rocytop2624]

It got down to 57 in the house after no power for 3 hours.

You back home?

 

[WestTennesseeFox]

You back home?

Got back last night. Had two "30 minute" rolling blackouts that have lasted a total of 7 hours.

 

[hmanvolfan]

Never heard of it.

Are they giving you drugs that make you delirious?

 

[VolunteerHillbilly]

I've lived in Nashville area about half a century and this is my first rodeo with on-purpose power outages. Only two explanations, increased demand and decreased capacity, or some combination thereof. We need people to quit moving here and we need to build more nuclear power plants in Florida.

 

[hmanvolfan]

Got back last night. Had two "30 minute" rolling blackouts that have lasted a total of 7 hours.

I’ve had one 30 minute blackout yesterday, hope that’s all I get.

 

[Behr]

Are they giving you drugs that make you delirious?

No.

I never heard of or experienced a rolling blackout in the 34 years I lived in Tennessee and I've never heard of or experienced a rolling blackout in the 24 years I've been in Fla. I wear socks and flip flops and I hate Mac and cheese.

 

[C/O]

No.

I never heard of or experienced a rolling blackout in the 34 years I lived in Tennessee and I've never heard of or experienced a rolling blackout in the 24 years I've been in Fla. I wear socks and flip flops and I hate Mac and cheese.

 

[NorCalVol67]

Got to wear my Tennessee hoodie on my walk around the Key this morning.

And pretty sure I walked through sewage draining into the Bay.

 

[Behr]

Try googling

Try Zovirax

 

[KnightVol]

Never heard of it.

Worked 39 years on EPB's system. As far as I know, this is the first time for rolling blackouts here.

 

[WestTennesseeFox]

Nashville's mayor is trying to talk the Titans into postponing their game today.

 

[VolNExile]

Got to wear my Tennessee hoodie on my walk around the Key this morning.

And pretty sure I walked through sewage draining into the Bay.

Eeewwww

 

[malinoisvol]

I can't wait until we only have electric cars. No more RBOs.

 

[508mikey]

Nashville's mayor is trying to talk the Titans into postponing their game today.

I wonder if they pull these blackout stunts in the Summer now -- no A/C in 99 degree heat

 

[Behr]

Worked 39 years on EPB's system. As far as I know, this is the first time for rolling blackouts here.

Thank you. I appreciate you not being a jack leg and responding to me like I'm some well hung dipchit.

 

[malinoisvol]

I hope these TVA Power Outages render all their execs impotent.

 

[rocytop2624]

Nashville's mayor is trying to talk the Titans into postponing their game today.

Ha they play in Buffalo and Green Bay when it's below zero. People can bundle up.

 

[508mikey]

Ha they play in Buffalo and Green Bay when it's below zero. People can bundle up.

Bears are playing in Chicago today - -25 wind chills

 

[95 Vol Alum]

Ha they play in Buffalo and Green Bay when it's below zero. People can bundle up.

It’s due to the power demands not the temperature.

 

[95 Vol Alum]

Never heard of it.

I assume they can roll blackouts to lower demand on the grid in lieu of just overloading it and crashing everyone offline indefinitely.

 

[rocytop2624]

Nashville's mayor is trying to talk the Titans into postponing their game today.

If they can't get by with the amount of power people use now what are they going to do when they succeed in stopping oil and coal drilling and natural gas? We can't run everything off power. I don't understand how we don't have alot of power now with all the rain we have gotten the last couple of months I can't believe they are having to do rolling blackouts in Tennessee with the TVA. But buy a car that you have to plug up or a truck.